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From the 1850 census -
Name: Samuel Thornton; farmer
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
Martha - 45, b. Va
James - 20, b. Va
John - 14, b. Va
David F. - 12, b. Ind
Obediah - 10, b. Ind
Barbara - 8, b. Ind
Nelson - 6, b. Ind
Julia - 4, Ind
Robert B. - 2, b. Ind
From the 1860 census -
Name: Samuel Thornton; farmer
Age in 1860: 60
Birth Year: abt 1800
BirthPlace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
Martha T. - 55
David F. - 22
Absalom - 19, b. Ind.
Phebe - 15, b.
Robert B. - 12
Son James live next to Samuel -
Thornton, James - 29, b. Va., farmer
Lucinda - 30, b. Oh
Martha J. - 7, b. Ind
Phebe A. - 5, b. Ind.
Samuel - 3, b. Ind
Lydia M - 4 months, b. Ind
Name: Obediah Thornton; farm laborer, single
Age in 1860: 22
Birth Year: abt 1838
BirthPlace: Indiana
Home in 1860: Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana
From the 1870 census -
Name: Obede Thornton (NOTE SPELLING)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Age in 1870: 28
Occupation: Day laborer
BirthPlace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Jackson, Clinton, Indiana
Nancy - 19, b. Ind
William - 2, b. Ind
Mary B. - 1, b. Ind
Name: M. J. Thornton (Martha)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805
Age in 1870: 65
BirthPlace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
Marital Status: Widow
She lives alone.
Living next to her is a daughter -
Bowzer, Hannah - 31, b. Va., either divorced or widow
William - 18, b. Ind.
Susanna - 16, b. Ind.
Phebe - 14, b. Ind.
Betsy J. - 11, b. Ind.
Marthaette - 9, b. Ind
Makena - daughter, 5, b. Ind.
Blanche - 3, b. Ind.
Charlotte - 1, b. Ind.
From the 1870 census -
Name: James Thornton
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Age in 1870: 35
BirthPlace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
Lucinda - 38, b. Ind.
Phebe A. - 15
Samuel - 12
Lidia - 10
Mary E. - 8
Franklin - 6
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Thornton family -
Samuel Thornton
Born: 16 Jun 1801Augusta, [Virginia
Died: 26 Sep 1863 Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
He married -
Martha Jane Paine
Born: 1805 inVirginia
Died: 3 Feb 1885 in Clinton, Indiana
Marriage: 1824 in Augusta, Virginia
Children -
Christina Elizabeth Thornton b. abt 1823 in Augusta, Virginia
Margaret Ann Thornton b. abt 1827 in Augusta, Va.
Died: abt 1885
She married -
Benjamin Dice
Born: abt 1816 in Virginia
Died: abt 1884
Marriage: 10 Nov 1841 in Wayne, Indiana
Susannah Thornton b. 19 Apr 1828 in Augusta, Va.
Died: 23 Jun 1880 Ind, Cyclone Clinton, Colorado ??
She married - spouce #1
Robert Benson
Born: ??
Died: ??
Marriage: 27 Apr 1846 in Clinton, [county], Indiana
Henry Butler - spouce #2
Born: abt 1831 in [city], [county], Ohio, USA
Died: 23 Jun 1880 in Clinton, [county], Indiana, USA
Marriage: abt 1851 in Clinton, [county], Indiana
Hannah Jane Thornton b. abt 1829 in Augusta, Va.
Died: abt 1899
She married -
John M. Comer Spouce #1
Born:
Died:
Marriage: 24 Jun 1848
Jackson Bowser spouce #2
Born: abt 1831 in Ohio
Died: 1869
Marriage: 25 Dec 1850 in Clinton, Indiana
James P. Thornton b. abt 1830 in Augusta, Va.
Died: abt 1900 Indianapolis, Ind
He married -
Lucinda Bowser
Born: 1 Jan 1829 in Butler, Ohio, USA
Died: 1 Nov 1900 in Indianapolis, Ind
Marriage: 16 Jul 1851 in Clinton, Indiana
John A. Thornton b. abt 1836 in Nicholas, Va.
Died: Abt. 1900
He married -
Charlotte Hall
Born: abt 1837
Died: abt 1901
Marriage: 22 Jan 1855 in Clinton, Indiana
David F. Thornton b. abt 1838 in Indiana
No info.
Obediah Thornton b. 2 Jun 1840 in Wayne, Ind.
Died: 6 Dec 1906 Alma, Ill
He married -
Nancy Jane Hall
Born: 6 Jan 1848 in Lexington, Ind
Died: 19 Apr 1935 in Marissa, Ill
Marriage: 21 Oct 1867 in Clinton, Indiana
Children of Obediah & Nancy -
William Eldon Thornton b 4 Nov 1868 in Clinton, Ind.
Ginnie Maud Thornton b. 1870 in Clinton, Indiana
Rosa A. Thornton F 1870 in Clinton, Indiana
Henry C. Thornton M Jul 1872 in Clinton, Indiana
Fannie Mabel Thornton F 9 Mar 1884 in Clinton, Ind.
Albert E. Thornton b. 9 Mar 1884 in Clinton, Indiana
Charles V. Thornton b.Jul 1885
Roy Glen Thornton b. 9 Jul 1890 in Frankfort, Ind
Barbara Thornton b. abt 1842 in Clinton, Ind.
Absalom Thornton b. 11 Oct 1844 in Clinton, Ind.
Julia A. Thornton b. abt 1846 in Indiana
Robert B. Thornton b. 21 Dec 1848 in Kirklin, Clinton, Indiana
Jesse Harrison Thornton b. 9 Oct 1886 in Clinton, Ind.
Died: 9 Mar 1973 Decatur, Ill
He married -
Minnie Boone